Paul Morphy: The Opera Game, Staunton's Snub and the Pride and Sorrow
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Paul Morphy was born in 1837 in New Orleans to a wealthy family; his father Alonzo was a lawyer ...
26 Okt 21min
Cato the Younger: Barefoot Stoic, Filibusters and Suicide at Utica
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Cato the Younger was born in 95 BC into the Roman elite, orphaned before he was four and raised ...
26 Okt 24min
Edward Jenner: Cuckoo Chicks, Blossom the Cow and the First Vaccine
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Edward Jenner was born in the spring of 1749 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, the son of a reverend...
26 Okt 22min
Bill Russell: The Shot Blocker Who Forced New Rules and Won 11 Titles
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Bill Russell grew up in West Monroe, Louisiana, in the 1930s and 1940s, where a gas station atte...
26 Okt 22min
Benjamin Hornigold: Founder of the Pirate Republic Turned Pirate Hunter
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Benjamin Hornigold was born in England around 1680, likely in Norfolk, and came of age as the Br...
26 Okt 19min
Beau Brummell: The Commoner Who Dressed the Regency and Fled to Calais
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!George Bryan Brummell, known as Beau Brummell, was the grandson of William Brummell, a politicia...
26 Okt 23min
August Belmont: Rothschild Agent, DNC Chairman and the Ostend Manifesto
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!August Belmont was born Aaron Belmont in a German village in 1813 to a family prominent in the l...
26 Okt 18min
Albert Bierstadt: Composite Rockies, Gaslit Shows and a $25,000 Canvas
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Albert Bierstadt was born in Solingen, Germany, in 1830 and grew up in New Bedford, Massachusett...
26 Okt 21min
